I've just got a couple questions and perhaps a suggestion depending on the answer to the second one.

When I recruit mercenaries, am I able to immediately dismiss them from coming to my camp and taking of my gold before they march all the way to be stationed there?

Secondly, once the astral countdown expires and we are limited from researching at the blacksmith, is there any way to apply unassigned rank points to your units? If the answer is no, I suggest that we should be able to assign upgrades to our units even though we're unable to further research upgrades. They're paid for, so we should be able to use them, right? Personally, I had dozens of ranks upgraded, but I had not assigned them since I'm unsure which stat would be most beneficial. This may lead me to ask more questions in the future, but for now I'll leave it at that and potentially find my answers from the battle calculator once I get around to it.

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Re: Mercenary and Astral Countdown questionHello Al, and welcome to the Forum

No, you can't dismiss mercenaries right after you hire them for two reasons:

1) If it was possible, it would be very easy to abuse and hire/dismiss all mercenaries around your enemy's town.

2) I had a conversation with MTU (Mercenaries Trade Union) and we agreed that Mercenaries should have a minimum wage, which is the trip from the Mercenary Camp to your Town, otherwise it would be totally unfair

Now about the Blacksmith. When you get into the Idle state, the building is pretty much getting locked on a padlock. If we allow assigning points, then we probably should allow un-assigning, and then re-assigning and all of that suggests a working Blacksmith, where in fact it is not. Hence, sorry, no assigning points while in the Idle state

As for the points - which and what. Ooh, different combinations for different scenarios for different troops for different proportion of attackers to defenders and other way around... Have to try for yourself and see what you like more

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Re: Mercenary and Astral Countdown questionOk. Another question is, what happened to the tasks in my blacksmith, library, and building quarters that were qued up when my astral countdown timer expired? Now that I've captured a soul gem, none of the tasks are complete nor are they picking up where they should have left off. More importantly, what happened to the resources?

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If we allow assigning points, then we probably should allow un-assigning, and then re-assigning and all of that suggests a working Blacksmith

That's true from the perspective of the way things currently exist. What do you think of possibly making it the barracks' or mayor's responsibility to assign skills to troops? It seems that once a blacksmith has done his work the assigning of his research is likely to be out of his hands or even above his pay grade. It would be more fitting for that to be in the hands of a commander, mayor, or the troops themselves.

Come to think of it, I guess all these "skills" are actually coming from modifications to the weapons and armor of the troops rather than training which I suppose comes from the library. I think my perception got skewed by my interpretation of the word rank in terms of each unit's upgrades.

Ok. Another question is, what happened to the tasks in my blacksmith, library, and building quarters that were qued up when my astral countdown timer expired? Now that I've captured a soul gem, none of the tasks are complete nor are they picking up where they should have left off. More importantly, what happened to the resources?

Lost can't say much here... I mentioned in another post that later it might be getting suspended or frozen, but at the moment it's just all lost... Refunds only when you cancel something yourself, but here - you snooze, you loose, there are 7 days after all to plan your attack.

It's a bit harsh and maybe not a bit unfair, but it's a good motivator for active players to not postponed it to the very last hour.

That's true from the perspective of the way things currently exist. What do you think of possibly making it the barracks' or mayor's responsibility to assign skills to troops? It seems that once a blacksmith has done his work the assigning of his research is likely to be out of his hands or even above his pay grade. It would be more fitting for that to be in the hands of a commander, mayor, or the troops themselves.

Come to think of it, I guess all these "skills" are actually coming from modifications to the weapons and armor of the troops rather than training which I suppose comes from the library. I think my perception got skewed by my interpretation of the word rank in terms of each unit's upgrades.

Hmm... I see it a bit differently These points are rather non-linear distribution of your Blacksmith labour. To make it closer to real life, it should be researching one of the attributes right from the very beginning without any distributions later. But I saw the way it is now is a bit more flexible. I didn't expect that someone would be accumulating a horde of these points as wherever you put them in is better than just keep them unassigned

I'll think about it... But shifting distribution to another building can add another level of complexity and we may end up with a whole bunch of players sitting on a horde of unassigned points But I'll think about it

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Re: Mercenary and Astral Countdown questionYeah I started playing on a weekend, then got caught up on a workweek, a busy weekend, another workweek..., and there went my countdown/resources...just to kinda explain the type of situation that arose to set that all into motion. I focused all on afk development rather than taking time to figure out coordinated attacks and how things tick. Lesson learned. Are you the game developer, Vindicator?

Yeah I started playing on a weekend, then got caught up on a workweek, a busy weekend, another workweek..., and there went my countdown/resources...just to kinda explain the type of situation that arose to set that all into motion. I focused all on afk development rather than taking time to figure out coordinated attacks and how things tick. Lesson learned. Are you the game developer, Vindicator?

Yes, it's easy to lose a track of Astral Countdown with all ordeals of real life

Well, that's cool. It looks great. I'm glad to be poking around a little bit. I hope I can offer you valuable feedback.

As for the timer, I didn't lose track. I knew it was coming, but I didn't place any urgency on it because I didn't realize the impact it would have. I also didn't realize how easy it would be to capture my first soul gem. The info mail we're getting is great stuff, btw! Had I gotten the one about Capturing Soul Gems from Bastions, I may have gone for it sooner. I knew my actions would be limited, but I didn't know I'd lose resources for incomplete tasks.

I'm a supporter of the idea to freeze/suspend actions in the buildings affected by the astral countdown, or, if not, then maybe a clear warning in the info mail regarding the astral countdown would suffice.

...Had I gotten the one about Capturing Soul Gems from Bastions, I may have gone for it sooner. ...

I'm a supporter of the idea to freeze/suspend actions in the buildings affected by the astral countdown, or, if not, then maybe a clear warning in the info mail regarding the astral countdown would suffice.